The United States and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in U.S. policy toward the communist island in decades, American officials said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid a series...

Leavenworth's unemployment rate has dropped since last year. But the city's labor force also shrank.That's according to Steve Jack, executive director of the Leavenworth County Development Corporation.

A gunman responsible for a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe was once on the national security agency's watch list — but was dropped off it years ago for reasons that remain unclear, Australia's prime minister said Wednesday.